That had been a little over three months ago, but he still went over the scene in his head every day, thinking about what would've happened if he had said something different, if he tried to stop her from leaving him again.

-I swear I'll find you someday…Then we can be together forever…-

Suddenly he found himself in front of Yusuke's house. He figured he must have zoned out again; he seemed to be doing that a lot lately. Lifting a wet fist he knocked on the door a few times, then looked down at the ground as he slipped the hand back into his soaked pocket.

A few moments after that a grinning black haired teen opened the door, talking to someone over his shoulder. "Heh, whatever Kurama, but I told you he'd be late. So Kuwabara, what's-whoa…Man, you look like shit! What happened," Yusuke asked, his eyes going wide as he looked the red-topped teen up and down critically.

"Yeah...nice to see you too Urameshi," he mumbled, walking past him into the house, thrusting his wet jacket into Yusuke's arms and kicking off his soggy boots beside the door.

"Well, hey I didn't mean-aw damn, never mind," he sighed, hanging up Kuwabara's coat and closing the door. "I was just asking anyway, sheesh!"

But it's not like his attitude surprised him. Kuwabara had been acting weird for…well, a really long time- ever since that mission with Hiei's sister and the Toguro brothers. He didn't know why, though. Maybe he hit his head when he was fighting or something; might've messed up his brain. Who could know- he wouldn't even talk to them about it!

"Well hello Kuwabara." Kurama smiled, standing there at the end of the hallway watching them both. "How are you doing," he asked as he flicked his slender fingers through his long burgundy hair, his emerald-colored eyes shimmering with the hall's light.

-Kurama…you're always so satisfied. At least you seem like you are anyway. But I've seen how you look at me sometimes. You pity me- feel sorry for me cause there's nothing you can do. Well, that's right, you can't. And that bugs you, doesn't it?-

"I'm fine," replied Kuwabara, walking past him and into Yusuke's living room. He slumped down onto a couch with a sigh, hunching forward with his forearms resting on his knees.

"Hn…Forget an umbrella fool?"

He lifted his eyes up and looked at the small fire demon resting on the window ceil, looking out at the rain. His smirking expression was reflected off of the glass towards him, and his eyes glinted with malice for a brief moment.

"Yeah…guess I did Hiei…"

This, of course, caught the koorime off-guard and he turned towards him, his large, dark eyes narrowing.

"Grrr…baka!! Where are your insults?! WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU," he shouted angrily, his hands clenching into fists.

"Now, now, calm down," cooed Kurama, sitting down in a large recliner beside the window. "Let's not start out the day on bad terms, Hiei."

"Hn."

"What's this all about," Kuwabara asked calmly, glancing from his best friend over to the kitsune.

"Well," answered Kurama, "we're meeting here so we can all go to Genkai's together. Supposedly Botan will be there with Koenma; it's official business I presume."

"…Oh."

"See, now what I don't get is, why can't we just go up there on our own time," Yusuke said with a yawn, looking towards the window at the falling rain. "It's not like the old hag's got anything better to do than to wait for us anyway, ya know?"

The kitsune could only shrug, not having an answer. "I'm not sure, all I know is that it's important and we should leave as soon as possible. And Genkai gave me specific instructions to make sure that Kuwabara is in attendance at this meeting."

"What? Why is the nigen's presence so mandatory," spat Hiei, eyeing the red-haired teen grudgingly.

"That I am also not sure of, she just told me, 'and make sure Kuwabara comes.' No more.

"Oh well, guess we'll find out when we get there," said Yusuke cheerfully, leaning against the entrance to his living room with the collar of his denim jacket flipped up. "Let's get goin'. It doesn't look like the rain's gonna let up for us anyway."

Kuwabara quietly stood up and sighed as he walked past the Spirit Detective back into the hallway, taking his jacket off of the coat rack and throwing it on this time, sliding his feet into his boots as he did so. "…Fine."

As he passed him Yusuke looked towards the two demons and shrugged, then followed behind him and put on his black shoes. "Guess that's a 'yes'. C'mon guys, you don't want Kuwabara to get there first do you?"

He then blinked as Hiei vanished from sight, and as Kurama rose to his feet Kuwabara silently went out the door, seeing the black-haired demon standing outside in the rain with a cross look on his face.

"While we're young," he growled, his voice seemingly perturbed as the tall nigen began to walk past him down the sidewalk.

"I'm sure he's just alittle anxious to see what the fuss over Kuwabara is all about," the fox quietly explained to Yusuke with a whisper.

The dark-haired teen nodded, lifting his brows a bit before he hopped down the steps into the rain and quickly caught up with Kuwabara, having to take quicker strides to match the nigen's longer ones.

"You know what this is supposed to be about," he asked to him, looking forward to where he was walking as the rain poured down on the group- creating almost no sound against the surroundings other than the random snaps of lightning or cracks of thunder in the distance.

"Nope…"

"Oh. Well, must be pretty cool if the old lady wants you to be there, don't ya think so?"

"I guess…"

Yusuke then stopped walking, his eyebrows lowering quickly into an irritated scowl.

"What…Kuwabara," he caught back up with him, standing in his way. "C'mon man, what's the deal? Tell me!"

Kuwabara looked down at him, and for a minute his dark eyes softened before they blurred away again into depression and thoughts. "You wouldn't understand," he said quietly, putting his hand on his best friend's shoulder and pushing him out of the way before he started walking again, the rain running coldly down his cheekbones and the bridge of his nose.

Yusuke's feet slid against the wet concrete, but he caught himself and then ran up beside him again, his arms extended out in extravagant gestures. "What wouldn't I understand?! How do you know that I won't unless you tell me?"

"…You just wouldn't Urameshi- trust me."

"But Ku-"

"Hurry up, we shouldn't leave Genkai waiting for us," the nigen interrupted coolly before he quickened his pace.

-Nice try Urameshi, you almost had me there.-

Yusuke sighed and then looked over his shoulder towards Kurama and…well, just Kurama. Hiei must have gotten impatient again and flitted off. He was most likely at Genkai's by now, just waiting for them in his usual cherry blossom tree. "Man, this is gonna be one long ass day," he mumbled.

Not another word was spoken by anyone until they reached the temple.